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Book The Masquerading of Margaret

Download or read book The Masquerading of Margaret written by Cora Gottschalk Welty and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Masquerading of Margaret

Download or read book The Masquerading of Margaret written by Cora Gottschalk Welty and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Masquerading of Margaret

Download or read book The Masquerading of Margaret written by Cora Gottschalk Welty and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Murder at the Masquerade Ball

Download or read book Murder at the Masquerade Ball written by Margaret Addison and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Masquerade of the Marchioness

Download or read book The Masquerade of the Marchioness written by Claire Delacroix and published by Deborah A. Cooke. This book was released on 2022-12-20 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s not the woman he married… Philomena Wright, Marchioness of Arlingview, is universally admired for her intellect, good sense and charitable efforts on behalf of widows and orphans. A woman with every advantage, she also has a guilty secret: in truth, she is Philomena’s twin sister, Penelope. Dreading spinsterhood, she attends a masquerade ball in the hope of finding a suitor before admitting the truth—only to encounter a gentleman who stirs her like no other… Garrett Wright misses the purpose—and the peril—of his work as a spy during the war and is bored with his disguise as a reckless rake. When he agrees to help unveil a jewel thief preying upon London society, he is beguiled by a beauty who awakens a dream—and becomes determined to unveil the truth, whatever the cost. When he finds stolen gems in her possession, Garrett fears his lady has a more dangerous secret than her identity. Forced to choose between honor and unexpected love, how will he both fulfill his duty and secure a happy future with the woman who has captured his heart forever?

Book The Masquerade

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  • Author : Brenda Joyce
  • Publisher : Harlequin
  • Release : 2012-09-17
  • ISBN : 1460301919
  • Pages : 463 pages

Download or read book The Masquerade written by Brenda Joyce and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the evening of her first masquerade, shy Elizabeth Anne Fitzgerald is stunned by Tyrell de Warenne’s whispered suggestion of a midnight rendezvous in the gardens. Lizzie has secretly worshipped the unattainable lord for years. When fortune takes a maddening turn, she is prevented from meeting Tyrell, but she cannot foresee that this night is only the beginning…. Tyrell de Warenne is shocked when, two years later, Lizzie arrives on his doorstep with a child she claims is his. He remembers her well—and knows that he could not possibly be the father. What is this game she is playing…and why? Is Elizabeth Anne Fitzgerald a woman of experience, or the gentle innocent she seems? But neither scandal nor deception can thwart a love too passionate to be denied….

Book The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was

Download or read book The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was written by Wendy Doniger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-18 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many cultures have myths about self-imitation, stories about people who pretend to be someone else pretending to be them, in effect masquerading as themselves. This great theme, in literature and in life, tells us that people put on masks to discover who they really are under the masks they usually wear, so that the mask reveals rather than conceals the self beneath the self. In this book, noted scholar of Hinduism and mythology Wendy Doniger offers a cross-cultural exploration of the theme of self-impersonation, whose widespread occurrence argues for both its literary power and its human value. The stories she considers range from ancient Indian literature through medieval European courtly literature and Shakespeare to Hollywood and Bollywood. They illuminate a basic human way of negotiating reality, illusion, identity, and authenticity, not to mention memory, amnesia, and the process of aging. Many of them involve marriage and adultery, for tales of sexual betrayal cut to the heart of the crisis of identity. These stories are extreme examples of what we common folk do, unconsciously, every day. Few of us actually put on masks that replicate our faces, but it is not uncommon for us to become travesties of ourselves, particularly as we age and change. We often slip carelessly across the permeable boundary between the un-self-conscious self-indulgence of our most idiosyncratic mannerisms and the conscious attempt to give the people who know us, personally or publicly, the version of ourselves that they expect. Myths of self-imitation open up for us the possibility of multiple selves and the infinite regress of self-discovery. Drawing on a dizzying array of tales-some fact, some fiction-The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was is a fascinating and learned trip through centuries of culture, guided by a scholar of incomparable wit and erudition.

Book A Daring Masquerade

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  • Author : Mary Balogh
  • Publisher : Class Ebook Editions Ltd
  • Release : 2018-08-07
  • ISBN : 1944654240
  • Pages : 484 pages

Download or read book A Daring Masquerade written by Mary Balogh and published by Class Ebook Editions Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate Mannering, a lady’s companion, is mistaken for the lady herself and kidnapped by a dashing masked highwayman. When she hears his story, however, before being released, she decides to help him recover his stolen birthright and soon gets herself embroiled in danger from smugglers and a would-be seducer. Meanwhile, an annoying, indolent guest at the home of her employer insults her at every opportunity but rescues her from every danger, even when she does not need or appreciate his help. She is alarmed to find herself falling quite inappropriately for both the highwayman and the guest.

Book A Country Masquerade

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  • Author : Margaret McGaffey Fisk
  • Publisher : TTO Publishing
  • Release : 2014-10-29
  • ISBN : 1631390074
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book A Country Masquerade written by Margaret McGaffey Fisk and published by TTO Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweet Regency romance for all ages. Lady Barbara Whitfeld’s dreams are shattered when she overhears a harsh condemnation from the one lord she’s set her heart on. If he thinks her frivolous then she’ll show Lord Aubrey St. Vincent just how frivolous she can be. Despite popularity with the ton, and the gossip an absence will provoke, Lady Barbara is banished to her uncle’s farm in the hopes she’ll learn maturity. Lord Aubrey believes in true love, but finds none among the season’s debutantes who provokes even the slightest interest. No one, that is, until Lady Barbara gives him a cut direct in Hyde Park. After fruitless searching, he learns she quit London before he could discover how he offended her. Lord Aubrey heads to the country to escape the season only to find himself drawn to a young farm girl, none other than Lady Barbara in country guise. Can Aubrey overcome his qualms about her unsuitability before Barbara’s plans to teach him a lesson destroy any chance they might have?

Book The Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Marriage Masquerade

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  • Author : Cheryl Anne Porter
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
  • Release : 2014-11-25
  • ISBN : 1466886064
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book The Marriage Masquerade written by Cheryl Anne Porter and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dedicated Pinkerton agent, Sarah Margaret "Yancey" Calhoun can't ignore an impassioned summons from the Dowager Duchess of Somerset, who believes Yancey is her son's estranged wife. Nothing could be further from the truth. But another woman named Sarah Calhoun has been murdered in Chicago. And Yancey could be next. Traveling to England alone is hardly intimidating for a woman who works undercover. But when Yancey arrives at the remote country estate of Stonebridge, she is shaken to find that Samuel Treyhorne, the Duke of Somerset, is a force to be reckoned with--and a man who trusts her as little as she trusts him. Masquerading as Sam's wife may be the only way to untangle the web of deceit that threatens both their lives. As Yancey's feigned affection for Sam becomes all too real, she must risk everything she holds dear...if she hopes to save the man she's come to love.

Book Murder in Masquerade

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  • Author : Mary Winters
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2024-02-20
  • ISBN : 0593548787
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Murder in Masquerade written by Mary Winters and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extra, extra, read all about it! Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury finds herself playing the role of sleuth when a night at the theatre turns deadly. Victorian Countess Amelia Amesbury’s secret hobby, writing an advice column for a London penny paper, has gotten her into hot water before. After all, Amelia will do whatever it takes to help a reader in need. But now, handsome marquis Simon Bainbridge desperately requires her assistance. His beloved younger sister, Marielle, has written Amelia's Lady Agony column seeking advice on her plans to elope with a man her family does not approve of. Determined to save his sister from a scoundrel and the family from scandal, Simon asks Amelia to dissuade Marielle from the ill-advised gambit. But when the scoundrel makes an untimely exit after a performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Amelia realizes there’s much more at stake than saving a young woman’s reputation from ruin. It’s going to take more than her letter-writing skills to help the dashing marquis, mend the familial bond, and find the murderer. Luckily, solving problems is her specialty!

Book Masquerading Politics

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  • Author : John Thabiti Willis
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 2018-01-15
  • ISBN : 0253031451
  • Pages : 217 pages

Download or read book Masquerading Politics written by John Thabiti Willis and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Willis should be commended for penetrating a complex and socially guarded ritual resource to glean the hidden histories manifested therein.” —African Studies Review In West Africa, especially among Yoruba people, masquerades have the power to kill enemies, appoint kings, and grant fertility. John Thabiti Willis takes a close look at masquerade traditions in the Yoruba town of Otta, exploring transformations in performers, performances, and the institutional structures in which masquerade was used to reveal ongoing changes in notions of gender, kinship, and ethnic identity. As Willis focuses on performers and spectators, he reveals a history of masquerade that is rich and complex. His research offers a more nuanced understanding of performance practices in Africa and their role in forging alliances, consolidating state power, incorporating immigrants, executing criminals, and projecting individual and group power on both sides of the Afro-Atlantic world. “Willis cites oral traditions, archival sources, and publications to draw attention to the link between economic development and spectacular and historically influential masquerade performances.” —Babatunde Lawal, author of The Gelede Spectacle “Important in its emphasis on the history of an art form and its specific cultural context; of interest to academic audiences as well as general readers.” —Henry Drewal, editor of Sacred Waters “Willis’s work should be a must-read for students and established scholars alike.” —Africa

Book Stolen Limelight

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  • Author : Margaret E. Gray
  • Publisher : University of Wales Press
  • Release : 2022-05-15
  • ISBN : 1786838621
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book Stolen Limelight written by Margaret E. Gray and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who has not, in a favored moment, ‘stolen the limelight’, whether inadvertently or by design? The implications of such an act of display – its illicitness, its verve, its vertiginous reversal of power, its subversiveness – are explored in this book. Narrative crafting and management of such scenarios are studied across canonical novels by Gide, Colette, Mauriac, and Duras, as well as by African Francophone writer Oyono and detective novelist Japrisot. As manipulated within narrative, acts of display position a viewer or reader from whom response (from veneration or desire to repugnance or horror) is solicited; but this study demonstrates that display can also work subversively, destabilising and displacing such a privileged spectator. As strategies of displacement, these scenarios ultimately neutralise and even occult the very subject they so energetically appear to solicit. Powered by gendered tensions, this dynamic of display as displacement works toward purposes of struggle, resistance or repression.

Book Harlequin Historical July 2014   Bundle 2 of 2

Download or read book Harlequin Historical July 2014 Bundle 2 of 2 written by Diane Gaston and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Historical brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! This Harlequin® Historical bundle includes A Lady of Notoriety by Diane Gaston, Castle of the Wolf by USA TODAY bestselling author Margaret Moore and Safe in the Earl’s Arms by Liz Tyner. Look for six compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Historical!

Book John Singleton Copley in America

Download or read book John Singleton Copley in America written by Carrie Rebora Barratt and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1995 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavish, illustrated volume published to accompany an exhibition of Copley's work that will be traveling to several cities during 1996. The focus is on the paintings, miniatures, and pastels that Copley, the supreme portraitist of the colonial era, produced before he moved to London in 1774. Four principal essays place the work in historical and social context and bring new critical methods to bear upon the study of portraits and portraiture; four shorter essays treat various aspects of Copley's art and techniques. Catalog entries detail the sitters' lives and the ways in which Copley enhanced his subjects' status and presence. 10x12.25" Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Musical Masquerade

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  • Author : Kathy Bunn Schultz
  • Publisher : PublishAmerica
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 1627729216
  • Pages : 219 pages

Download or read book Musical Masquerade written by Kathy Bunn Schultz and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: